Demons of The Kilns
Publié le 22/02/2012
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(Daimones Kerami-koi;
Ceramics Demons; Potter's Demons) Greek Potters
were very important in Greek culture, for the functional
ware they produced as well as for the artistic
pottery they crafted that celebrated the gods and the
stories of their interactions with human cultures.
So important was success to these artisans that
they recognized a separate group of pesky semi-gods,
or demons, that they prayed to before firing a new
batch of pottery. When things went wrong, potters
blamed these demons for the damage to the pottery
and then appeased them with more prayers to ensure
that the next firing went well.
Each demon was named for the damage he created
in the kiln. They were:
Asbetus (Asbetos) – Char – who burned pottery;
Sabactes (Sabaktes) – Crash – who broke pottery;
Smaragus (Smaragon) – Smash – who dropped
pottery;
Suntrobus (Suntrobos) – Shatter – who exploded
clay;
Omodamus (Omodamos) – Crudebake – who
caused pottery to harden poorly.
As a wild force from the heavens, this troop of
demons would also come to destroy the kiln of an
unfair, unworthy potter.
The daimones keramikoi are best known from the
poetry of Homer, who wrote a prayer for potters,
calling upon Athena, who, among other things, was
the goddess of pottery. He asked her to help potters if
they were fair and honest, but he threatened the potters
with destruction by these demons if the potters
cheated customers or acted unfairly.
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